Claude Dejoux (23 January 1732 – 18 October 1816) was a French sculptor.

Early years

Claude Dejoux was born on 23 January 1732 in

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. Descended from the Counts of Joux, Claude Dejoux was born into a family of poor farmers. He started work as a shepherd, but was soon apprenticed to a carpenter due to his love of sculpture. He was apprenticed to the sculptor

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(1716–1777), where he met

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(1731–1804). He became a close friend of Julien. Dejoux was accepted by the Academy in 1778, and in 1779 was named Academician. His ''morceau de réception'' for the academy was a marble sculpture of ''Saint Sébastien'', high, now held in the

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. He became sculptor to King

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Republic and empire

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began in 1789. In 1792 Dejoux was made an adjunct professor. In 1795 he became a member of the newly formed

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. He was commissioned by the

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to make a sculpture of ''Calinat'', which is now held by the Louvre. Dejoux was professor of David d'Angers, and supported him when he applied for a scholarship from the town of Angers. After Julien's death in 1804, Dejoux made a mausoleum ornamented with his portrait, which was erected in the garden of the Musée des monuments français. In 1815 this monument was transported to the Père Lachaise Cemetery. Dejoux was made a knight of the

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. In 1805–07 he made a bronze statue to General Louis Desaix. The monument was erected in the Place des Victoires in 1810. It was destroyed in 1814 during the

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. Claude Dejoux died on 18 October 1816 in Paris, aged 84.

Works

A partial list: *Saint Sébastien, marble statuette (1779), Paris, Louvre *Portrait of Marie-Christine Brignole, Princess of Monaco (1739–1813), terracotta bust (1783), Paris, Louvre *Statue that crowns the dome of the Pantheon, Paris *His sculptures for the facade of the Pavillon de Place des Victoires in Paris were destroyed during the

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. All that remains is a fragment of marble bas-relief of Charity (1788) *His monument of General Desaix (1808) for the Place des Victoires in Paris was destroyed in 1814.

Pupils

Pupils included: * David d'Angers (1788–1856) *

Charles-René Laitié Charles-René Laitié (1782 – 11 December 1862) was a French sculptor. Early years Charles-René Laitié was born in Paris in 1782. He became a pupil of Claude Dejoux (1732–1816). He also studied under Pierre Cartellier. He won a medal fro ...

(1782–1862) * François-Frédéric Lemot (1772–1827) *

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(1784–1853)

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